Linux Howtos
At the Forge – CouchDB
Sep 4th
Getting Started with Quickly
Sep 3rd
Virus Scan A Windows Machine
Aug 30th
How often do we all hear the phrase, “Could you take a look at it for me?” Whether you are checking out a machine for a friend or colleague or looking after one of your own machines, it’s handy to have the ability to virus check a Windows setup from the safety of a Linux boot CD or USB stick. This short guide shows you how to scan for infected files by booting into SystemRescueCD and running ClamAV, a virus checker. more>>
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BuGLe—OpenGL Debugging Wrapper
Aug 27th
BuGLe is a tool for OpenGL debugging, implemented as a wrapper library that sits between your program and OpenGL. Although it’s still in development, the Web site states that it already can do the following: more>>
- Dump a textual log of all GL calls made.
- Take a screenshot or capture a video.
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Centralized Logging with a Web Interface
Aug 23rd
Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a web interface to the logs on your central log server? Well, dream no more because this one is a reality thanks to LogAnalyzer (aka phplogcon). Let’s take a look at how to setup both it and its suggested syslog variant, rsyslog, on a central log server. more>>
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Using Checkinstall To Build Packages From Source
Aug 10th
Checkinstall is a utility that builds a .deb, .rpm or Slackware package from a third party source code tarball. This allows you to introduce such third party software using the standard package management features of your distribution. more>>
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